The Dietary Supplement Health And Education Act Of 1994

In the united states dietary supplements are defined by the 1994 dietary supplement health and education act as products that are not used exclusively as food but are intended to be consumed in addition to an individual s diet.

The dietary supplement health and education act of 1994. Manufacturers and distributors of dietary supplements and dietary ingredients are prohibited from marketing products that are. The dshea currently defines the term dietary supplement as a product that is intended to supplement the diet and may contain one or more dietary ingredients. Dietary supplement legislation since the adoption of section 411 of the federal food drug and cosmetic act fd c act in 1976.

This act may be cited as the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994. Specifically it dictated that a dietary supplement had to include at least one ingredient that actually supplements the user s diet. Under the act supplements are effectively regulated by the fda for good manufacturing practices under 21 cfr part 111.

Cosmetic act fd c act. A vitamin a mineral an herb. However with passage of the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 dshea congress amended the fd c act to include several provisions that apply only to dietary supplements and dietary ingredients of dietary supplements.

In addition the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 introduced. Whenever in this act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the federal food drug and cosmetic act. The dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 which spells out regulations regarding the manufacture and sale of dietary supplements defines a dietary supplement as a product other than tobacco intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one of more of the following dietary ingredients.

For example ingredients like vitamins minerals amino acids herbs and other botanicals met the act s definition. The dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 the dietary supplement act or the act is more encompassing and for the first time defines dietary supplements and deals broadly with their regulation. Under the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 dshea.